bẹ́
verb
/bɛ́/
Definitions
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to hop, to jump (downwards)
ìbẹ́ àbẹ́jù l'ó mú kí ẹpọ̀n eégún yọ síta It is the excessive jumping about of the egungun spirit that causes his testicles to show outside his costumeRelated wordstọverb 10 entries are spelled “tọ”, and the list this came from doesn't say which one is meant — we've linked to the first. tọ to hop, jump tọ̀ to urinate tọ̀ to follow behind, to follow suit tọ́ to take or draw out a measured quantity of something tọ́ to touch lightly tọ́ to provoke, to tease tọ́ to guide, to train, to nurture, to raise tọ́ to be straight, to be on a straight line tọ́ to be proper or appropriate to do tọ́ to be lasting, to last
Other entries with this spelling
Wiktionary records 4 entries spelled “bẹ́”. You're reading one of them; here are the others.
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to hop, jump
Source: Wiktionary · etymology 7,
where this word is spelled “bẹ”.
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